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mohamed morsi. >> dr. mohamed morsi. >> unfortunately, he was no mandela. >> from the overthrow of a new president... >> they were chanting against morsi, they were chanting against the muslim brotherhood, and some people were chanting for the military. >> to the military taking control. what happened to egypt's revolution? >> was the military responding to the will of the people or making this all happen? >> and what will come next? >> with sisi, we have something much more ominous, much more dangerous. >> global post's charles sennt reports for frontline. >> we got to really go this way. come on. >> on egypt in crisis. >> frontline is made possible by contributions to your pbs station from: and by the corporation for public broadcasting. major support for frontline is provided by the john d. and catherine t. macarthur foundation. committed to building a more just, verdant, and peaceful world. more information is available at macfound.org. additional funding is provided by the park foundation. dedicated t
mohamed morsi. >> dr. mohamed morsi. >> unfortunately, he was no mandela. >> from the overthrow of a new president... >> they were chanting against morsi, they were chanting against the muslim brotherhood, and some people were chanting for the military. >> to the military taking control. what happened to egypt's revolution? >> was the military responding to the will of the people or making this all happen? >> and what will come next? >> with sisi,...
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at a cafÉ, like so many others, wind president morsi. he is responsible for everything that has gone wrong. fuel was available under mubarak. now, there is no food. we cannot find jobs. people are afraid to go out. there is theft and rape everywhere. off withyou be better a man like mubarak? >> yes. i think yes. >> yes, mubarak. we were safe them. tahrir square was full again with anti-morsi protesters. they know the army is talking to the government, but they are determined that, however it happens, morsi must go. >> we are getting news from egyptian state television that president morsi is expected to address the nation shortly. for more on events unfolding in cairo, i spoke to jeremy in tahrir square moments ago. the crowd seem to be in a good mood. how will they respond to the news from president morsi that he has no plans to step down? >> they are excited, and apprehensive as well, about what might be happening tomorrow. other there have been big demonstrations organized by the muslim brotherhood. they are capable of putting big num
at a cafÉ, like so many others, wind president morsi. he is responsible for everything that has gone wrong. fuel was available under mubarak. now, there is no food. we cannot find jobs. people are afraid to go out. there is theft and rape everywhere. off withyou be better a man like mubarak? >> yes. i think yes. >> yes, mubarak. we were safe them. tahrir square was full again with anti-morsi protesters. they know the army is talking to the government, but they are determined that,...
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it has taken three days to oust president morsi. since sunday they have been here and outside the presidential palace in huge numbers, against a leader they blame for egypt near economic collapse and political turmoil. for every single blood that has been shed in this country. >> it is different from when mubarak went. then, expectations were sky high. behind all the joy, there is considerable anxiety. army andof the minister of defense went on tv to announce a move that is bitterly resented by the of muslim brotherhood. and more the calm military would confront any forces that used violence. spoke,hours before he his men fanned out across the city. the army denies there was a coup, but they are still seizing power from freely elected president, which fits most definitions of the word. the general said his men would keep the peace while a judge ran the country, until new elections. he said they did not want to intervene, but now he is suspending president boris's constitution, condemned by many egyptians as too religious. i am afrai
it has taken three days to oust president morsi. since sunday they have been here and outside the presidential palace in huge numbers, against a leader they blame for egypt near economic collapse and political turmoil. for every single blood that has been shed in this country. >> it is different from when mubarak went. then, expectations were sky high. behind all the joy, there is considerable anxiety. army andof the minister of defense went on tv to announce a move that is bitterly...
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president obama also phoned morsi last night. a white house statement released afterward read in part the president told president morsi that the united states is committed to the democratic process in egypt and does not support any single party or group. he stressed that democracy is about more than elections. egyptian army attack helicopters circled tahrir square today. many protestors who saw it as a sign of solidarity welcomed the military's move. >> no, the army did not carry out a coups. this is the people's will. the muslim brotherhood has failed. they failed to government. >> the military statement yesterday was a great statement and made all the egyptian people honor and salute our supreme council of the armed forces. >> outside the aviation ministry armored vehics soldiers stood by as observers. but morsi supporter vowed to resist any efforts to drive the egyptian president from office. >> the general yesterday did a great service to the revolution because he readied the islamic forces once more. they say it is in they
president obama also phoned morsi last night. a white house statement released afterward read in part the president told president morsi that the united states is committed to the democratic process in egypt and does not support any single party or group. he stressed that democracy is about more than elections. egyptian army attack helicopters circled tahrir square today. many protestors who saw it as a sign of solidarity welcomed the military's move. >> no, the army did not carry out a...
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how much fighting, actual fighting is there between pro morsi and anti-morsi supporters. >> yes, today there were clashes nationwide. anti-morsi supporters were back in tahrir for the third day since the military announced that morsi had been ousted from office. and today in what morsi supporters called a day of rejection, rejecting the military's decree, they came out in large numbers. and at one point approached those in tahrir square and started firing live rounds. those in tahrir square moved out of the square and launch add tacks back on them using fireworks, rocks and gunfire. and the battle went on for about three hours until the military intervened. >> warner: so the army and police are trying to keep a lid on this? >> yes and no. what's interesting is that they let this go on for nearly three hours. during that time the military was flying helicopters overhead in a show of force but it simply wasn't enough. and it wasn't until scores were injured. we're still trying to confirm the death rates now. and there's blood all over the street just behind me in that demonstration. and
how much fighting, actual fighting is there between pro morsi and anti-morsi supporters. >> yes, today there were clashes nationwide. anti-morsi supporters were back in tahrir for the third day since the military announced that morsi had been ousted from office. and today in what morsi supporters called a day of rejection, rejecting the military's decree, they came out in large numbers. and at one point approached those in tahrir square and started firing live rounds. those in tahrir...
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the home and morsi insists he is still in egypt's legitimate -- mohamed morsi insists he is still egypt's legitimate ruler. the biggest anti-american protest in decades. and masterpieces of modern art seized by the nazis are discovered all these years later in a small apartment in germany. welcome to our viewers on public television in america, and around the globe. a defiant mohamed morsi harangue the judge as he started his trial in egypt today. he insisted
the home and morsi insists he is still in egypt's legitimate -- mohamed morsi insists he is still egypt's legitimate ruler. the biggest anti-american protest in decades. and masterpieces of modern art seized by the nazis are discovered all these years later in a small apartment in germany. welcome to our viewers on public television in america, and around the globe. a defiant mohamed morsi harangue the judge as he started his trial in egypt today. he insisted
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morsi changed them last august. so it's not the same people who ruled the country for 18 months so unpopularly, as samer said. when you speak to egyptians they say "oh, no, the military learned its lesson, it won't try to hold on to control this time." i don't know. what they did do this time is put a civilian figure head out front from the start which is the head of the supreme constitutional court. but he's not a well-known or powerful figure. they've also said they'll put a technocratic cabinet in place which suggests not a powerful prime minister. so this is going to be military rule until there are new elections. >> brown: samer, what about the issue for the u.s. at this moment? or the quandary? there's already talk about reviewing the aid that goes to egypt, for example. >> well, i think that kind of language is going to come from congress and not come from either the state department or the white house. i don't think any of those officials are going to use the word coup, for example, because they clearly want
morsi changed them last august. so it's not the same people who ruled the country for 18 months so unpopularly, as samer said. when you speak to egyptians they say "oh, no, the military learned its lesson, it won't try to hold on to control this time." i don't know. what they did do this time is put a civilian figure head out front from the start which is the head of the supreme constitutional court. but he's not a well-known or powerful figure. they've also said they'll put a...
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morsi says "i'm not leaving," what happens? >> he already said he's not leaving yesterday. >> rose: i know. >> so he will be put down by the people. but, you know, any attempt to try to show that this is a military coup is a farce, you know. you need to have someone here in cairo to tell you. i don't know a single person, friends, even enemies who are not on the streets today. this was a gang that took over egypt without any respect for the rule of law and order. they've animate it had judges. he took all the power in his hand. we have another fascist ruling egypt under the concept of a democracy that never took place. >> rose: you predicted this and talked about this -- that something like this would happen before the election even took place. >> yes, i know. i've bullpen telling you that all the time because the problem, the first time -- i told you that in the revolution they went home and left these people to reap the fruits of a revolution who came instead of building a country they went on a revenge range and went against
morsi says "i'm not leaving," what happens? >> he already said he's not leaving yesterday. >> rose: i know. >> so he will be put down by the people. but, you know, any attempt to try to show that this is a military coup is a farce, you know. you need to have someone here in cairo to tell you. i don't know a single person, friends, even enemies who are not on the streets today. this was a gang that took over egypt without any respect for the rule of law and order....
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morsi was not running the country. all of the people who were going to bring in -- >> i don't think -- the u.s. didn't send the army. i think you are with that. not initially the white house said they did not want military action and i think -- >> thrown him out without american support and getting $1.5 billion from here? >> you have no knowledge there was any direct blessing. they would have done that with or without -- >> all right. so relinquish. >> getting from other countries. >> i want to know whether the isreali embassy is up and flourishing. >> i don't know if it's flourishing. the embassy was attacked. >> why? because let's put it this way, they are not totally friendly to judes in egypt and certainly the muslims. the radical muslims are opposed to not only israel, but jews in general. >> what are you saying about morsi? >> they are glad he's gone. somebody sent me from israel, somebody sent me a cable in which he said, there is a god and thank god he is jewish after this happened. because from israel's point
morsi was not running the country. all of the people who were going to bring in -- >> i don't think -- the u.s. didn't send the army. i think you are with that. not initially the white house said they did not want military action and i think -- >> thrown him out without american support and getting $1.5 billion from here? >> you have no knowledge there was any direct blessing. they would have done that with or without -- >> all right. so relinquish. >> getting from...
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morsi supporters say the case is trumped up. hundreds of them rallied outside the trial site today. >> of course this is a sham trial. they tricked people and told them it is a real trial. we want a public trial so we can know the truth. >> reporter: riot police later fired tear gas to disperse the crowds. the trial opened a day after secretary of state john kerry was in cairo. the u.s. has suspended some aid to egypt over morsi's ouster but kerry sounded conciliatory. >> we want to help, we're prepared to do so. and the way it will unfold is the democracy is rekindled in its strength. and as the people of egypt make their choices in the future. i'm confident the united states of america will be able to stand with you and do even more. >> the morsi trial now has adjourned until january 8th to give lawyers time to review documents. the deposed president could face the death penalty if he's convicted. >> nancyiousev is covering the trial for mcclatchy newspapers. i spoke with her a short time ago. >> so nancy noussef apparently mo
morsi supporters say the case is trumped up. hundreds of them rallied outside the trial site today. >> of course this is a sham trial. they tricked people and told them it is a real trial. we want a public trial so we can know the truth. >> reporter: riot police later fired tear gas to disperse the crowds. the trial opened a day after secretary of state john kerry was in cairo. the u.s. has suspended some aid to egypt over morsi's ouster but kerry sounded conciliatory. >> we...
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morsi. >> u.s. officials raised concerns about morsi's decree. today the state department's victoria newlyand called for calm. >> what is important to us is that these issues be slelgted through dialogues, that these issues be selgtzed democraticry. we are encouraged that the various important stakeholders in egypt are now talking to each other, that president morsi is consulting on the way forward but we're not going to prejudge where that will go. >> the domestic unrest has more than shadowed morsi's role in the cease-fire between israel and hamas. concern was growing about more trouble in cairo tomorrow. this afternoon, the muzz lum brotherhood spokesman said the party had postponed demonstrations tuesday to avoid bloodshed. >> brown: a short while ago i spoke with nancy youssef. nan nancy youssef, let's begin with the latest statements from president morsi's spokesman. it's hard to know whether the president is backing off or simply clarifying the pronouncements he made late last week. how is it being red in cairo? >> >> reporter: that's exac
morsi. >> u.s. officials raised concerns about morsi's decree. today the state department's victoria newlyand called for calm. >> what is important to us is that these issues be slelgted through dialogues, that these issues be selgtzed democraticry. we are encouraged that the various important stakeholders in egypt are now talking to each other, that president morsi is consulting on the way forward but we're not going to prejudge where that will go. >> the domestic unrest has...
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morsi has been office since june. only four months. but he has angered opposition forces by granting himself sweeping new powers. mr. morsi is aligned with islamists like the muslim brotherhood. he has proposed a new constitution. one with little input from one side. the secular forces that swept morsi's predecessor hose ny bu barack from power nearly two years ago. morsi says a referendum will be held december 15 on the egyptian constitution. it will be up to the egyptian sipses to vote yet or no. -- citizens to vote yes or no. but morsi opponents dismissed the move as a ploy, including his opponent, mohamed el- baradei. one of morsi's highest profile opponents and former head of the u.n.'s nuclear regulatory agency. >> we will continue to push until we get a proper develop a institution. >> what is the key question? >> i think the key question is, is morsi's presidency in nature. and you have strong forces against him. everyone is united against him. >> behind him is the muslim brotherhood. and lately there is an indication apparentl
morsi has been office since june. only four months. but he has angered opposition forces by granting himself sweeping new powers. mr. morsi is aligned with islamists like the muslim brotherhood. he has proposed a new constitution. one with little input from one side. the secular forces that swept morsi's predecessor hose ny bu barack from power nearly two years ago. morsi says a referendum will be held december 15 on the egyptian constitution. it will be up to the egyptian sipses to vote yet or...
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the home and morsi insists he is still in egypt's legitimate -- mohamed morsi insists he is still egypt's legitimate ruler. the biggest anti-american protest in decades. and masterpieces of modern art seized by the nazis are discovered all these years later in a small apartment in germany. welcome to our viewers on public television in america, and around the globe. a defiant mohamed morsi harangue the judge as he started his trial in egypt today. he is still the country's president and the case against him is therefore illegal. this was his first public appearance since being toppled in july. he is accused of inciting the killing of protesters last year, and must now be transferred to a jail cell. >> a relaxed arrival at court for mohamed morsi. the ousted islamist wore a dark blazer. officials say he refused a prison uniform. only state tv was allowed to film, and released its footage without sound. coaccused joined his in a cage in the same courtroom where his predecessor, hosni mubarak, has been on trial. egypt's first democratically elected president, now behind bars and defiant. i a
the home and morsi insists he is still in egypt's legitimate -- mohamed morsi insists he is still egypt's legitimate ruler. the biggest anti-american protest in decades. and masterpieces of modern art seized by the nazis are discovered all these years later in a small apartment in germany. welcome to our viewers on public television in america, and around the globe. a defiant mohamed morsi harangue the judge as he started his trial in egypt today. he is still the country's president and the...
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that is, if the brotherhood and the morsi supporters instigate violence they will defend morsi opponents and if morsi the military is a revered institution here and seen as the last nationalist force that could serve as an arbiter in what's become a protracted conflict that has defined morsi's first year in office. >> warner: what's the atmosphere like at least in cairo and elsewhere as this weekend approaches? >> it's very tense in 2011 when the uprising started it began as a way to rid the police of corruption and evolved into a call for mubarak's fall. whereas here it's starting as already as a call by many for morsi to step down. so there's a real feeling of tex +*r tension. grocery stores are empty, people are stocking up on food, on water, on ammunition in some cases. people are looking down in their homes. people are trying to find gasoline wherever they can and there's a real expectation of violence. and when you ask egyptians why is it okay for people to die? they'll say question we might have to die to get rid of morsi, that he will not leave easily and that this is the price t
that is, if the brotherhood and the morsi supporters instigate violence they will defend morsi opponents and if morsi the military is a revered institution here and seen as the last nationalist force that could serve as an arbiter in what's become a protracted conflict that has defined morsi's first year in office. >> warner: what's the atmosphere like at least in cairo and elsewhere as this weekend approaches? >> it's very tense in 2011 when the uprising started it began as a way...
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morsi's performance lost him support. his move towards islamic rule moved people to protest against him as they did against the mubarak regime. does the scale of today's bloodshed risk tipping egypt toward something far worse, even civil war? one powerful leader in the region, turkey's president, points to that danger, pointing to syria. i fear that if egypt continues on this path that it will descend into chaos from which he cannot escape. everyone involved must come together with logic and common sense to restore democracy in egypt. i remind everyone about the situation in our neighboring country. that is what happens when you confront civilians with weapons. in egypt spreads, the vicealexandria, president has resigned. a serious blow to the interim government. matterspens in egypt far beyond their borders. months, possibly years of dangerous instability in egypt and the wider region could be the outcome. >> for more on today's violence i spoke earlier with a career egyptian diplomat who most recently served as a specia
morsi's performance lost him support. his move towards islamic rule moved people to protest against him as they did against the mubarak regime. does the scale of today's bloodshed risk tipping egypt toward something far worse, even civil war? one powerful leader in the region, turkey's president, points to that danger, pointing to syria. i fear that if egypt continues on this path that it will descend into chaos from which he cannot escape. everyone involved must come together with logic and...
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how serious a crisis is this for this new egyptian government and for president morsi himself? >> it's a pivotal moment in the history of egypt after this revolution we're seeing extreme polarization between islamists and non-islamist forces and between parts of the government that that contain people who were there during the mubarak regime. there are a number of senior judges. so there's a lot at stake centering on this debate over the constitution and whether it should go to a public vote. >> warner: the islamists and secularists have been at loggerheads for over a year. why has it hit such a -- at least it looks like a crisis point now, with this kind of violence between the two camps. >> there have been a couple things that have happened in the past couple weeks. with this november 22 decree president mopls did seize extraordinary powers. basically he's trying to prevent the judiciary from dissolving the constituent assembly that was drafting the constitution and so forth and he said the judiciary could not annul his decrees so he's put himself above the judiciary and he h
how serious a crisis is this for this new egyptian government and for president morsi himself? >> it's a pivotal moment in the history of egypt after this revolution we're seeing extreme polarization between islamists and non-islamist forces and between parts of the government that that contain people who were there during the mubarak regime. there are a number of senior judges. so there's a lot at stake centering on this debate over the constitution and whether it should go to a public...
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it's very hard to see how a consensus can be built between the morsi and the anti-morsi factions. but he has not left yet. there is still more to this story to be told. if he doesn't leave, it will certainly put the military in quite a difficult position. they will have to once again for the second time in almost three years have to push an egyptian leader from office. the difference between now and february 2011 when mubarak was forced from office is that mubarak had virtually no one who would fight on his behalf although the brotherhood supporters are vastly outnumbered by the number of egyptians in the streets. they still remain defiant to this moment. so it is a rather dangerous situation in egypt right now. >> charlie: naguib sawiris, when you look at this situation, what should the president of the united states do in a crisis like this? >> you know, he should support the egyptian people. if the egyptian people go 20 to 30 million in the streets of egypt and call for the overthrow of a religious regime, he should stop supporting this regime. i must tell you and it really hur
it's very hard to see how a consensus can be built between the morsi and the anti-morsi factions. but he has not left yet. there is still more to this story to be told. if he doesn't leave, it will certainly put the military in quite a difficult position. they will have to once again for the second time in almost three years have to push an egyptian leader from office. the difference between now and february 2011 when mubarak was forced from office is that mubarak had virtually no one who would...
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. >> rose: what was it that morsi did that was so bad for them. >> what was it that morsi did that was so bad. that's an interesting subject. there's been a lot over i think misinformation in the egyptian media and in the foreign media about allegations that he was trying to establish a kind of islamic state, a sort of moral restrictions. all the thing we associate with iran basically. let's no real evidence. there are people who was afraid the muslim brotherhood might eventually try to legislate morality. at the same time his government wasn't very competent. he didn't really deliver. if a representative of the government was here at the table with us he would say that's because the whole state was conspiring against us. let's some truth. he wasn't fully in control he was kind of perch on follow of it. the police didn't show up for work. the police was against him and his government and his interior minister joined the crew. and none of the other bureaucracies were listening to him either. it was a tangible discernible hostility to the president in state-run media under president mors
. >> rose: what was it that morsi did that was so bad for them. >> what was it that morsi did that was so bad. that's an interesting subject. there's been a lot over i think misinformation in the egyptian media and in the foreign media about allegations that he was trying to establish a kind of islamic state, a sort of moral restrictions. all the thing we associate with iran basically. let's no real evidence. there are people who was afraid the muslim brotherhood might eventually...
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president obama today urgedded morsi to seek consensus. >> although mr. morsi was elected democratically, there's more work to be done that creates the conditions in which everybody feels that their voices are heard and that the government is responsive and truly representative. >> warner: though yesterday's massive outpouring was peaceful last night brought a different story. the brotherhood's cairo headquarters was torched. men inside fired on protestors, killing several. in cairo today, a morsi supporter said the brotherhood would fight to protect their elected president. >> the battle is over the identity of this state right now. since the revolution happened the forces that we call secular are fighting so that egypt's identity will not be an islamic identity but i insist that egypt's identity must be islamic. >> warner: when the military ousted mubarak, it took overrunning the country. in today's statement the military council said it would, quote, not take part in the political or governing arena. as of midnight tonight, there have has been no publi
president obama today urgedded morsi to seek consensus. >> although mr. morsi was elected democratically, there's more work to be done that creates the conditions in which everybody feels that their voices are heard and that the government is responsive and truly representative. >> warner: though yesterday's massive outpouring was peaceful last night brought a different story. the brotherhood's cairo headquarters was torched. men inside fired on protestors, killing several. in cairo...
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morsi granted himself broad new powers. good evening. i'm jeffrey brown. >> suarez: and i'm ray suarez. on the newshour tonight, we have the latest on the widespread demonstrations, and assess what's behind the egyptian leader's moves. >> brown: then, the death toll in syria's 20-month war has climbed past 40,000, according to a human rights group. we get an update from margaret warner, reporting from the turkish border. >> suarez: we continue our conversations with newly-elected senators. judy woodruff talks with virginia democrat tim kaine. >> i intend to hit the ground on january 3 very much running. > running. we can make progress quickly if we listen to each other and find those points of common ground they think do exist. >> brown: mark shields and david brooks analyze the weeks news. >> suarez: spencer michels has the story of a growing crackdown on dissidents and journalists in iran. >> brown: and we close with poet jennifer fitzgerald on hurricane sandy's destructive path through her home town of staten island. that's all ahead
morsi granted himself broad new powers. good evening. i'm jeffrey brown. >> suarez: and i'm ray suarez. on the newshour tonight, we have the latest on the widespread demonstrations, and assess what's behind the egyptian leader's moves. >> brown: then, the death toll in syria's 20-month war has climbed past 40,000, according to a human rights group. we get an update from margaret warner, reporting from the turkish border. >> suarez: we continue our conversations with...
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>morsi's defense would be this is only temporary. as soon as the constitution is written, then my powers go back to whatever that document says. i'm not going to do this endlessly. mubarak kept on declaring a state of emergency and extending it and extending it and so on. i'm not trying to do that. just give me till february so they can basically oversee this process, and then we go back to normal. >> suarez: you know, it's only about 48 hours since the this guy was the toast of world capitals for role he took in bringing about a cease-fire between israel and gaza. cothese things move on separate traction or did he feel his hand strengthened by that new attention? >> we have to speculate about motives here, but i cannot believe it's a total coincidence. morse all along has been trying to assert his authority and feeling that he's it constrained in all kinds of different ways, and he's really tried to find the right time to make these moves. right now, i think he felt that the constitutional assembly was moving towards completion. the
>morsi's defense would be this is only temporary. as soon as the constitution is written, then my powers go back to whatever that document says. i'm not going to do this endlessly. mubarak kept on declaring a state of emergency and extending it and extending it and so on. i'm not trying to do that. just give me till february so they can basically oversee this process, and then we go back to normal. >> suarez: you know, it's only about 48 hours since the this guy was the toast of world...
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after all they have decided to elect mohammed morsi as the president. the united states needs now to be good to its work and also recognizing the history of the united states's involvement with mubarak's egypt needs to take a step back a little bit here and recognize that washington is profoundly unpopular and that it could do more harm than good by speaking out as forcefully as some suggest. >> what will be the reaction with the rest of the arab world and turkey and iran. >> well for the... now i think that the whole region people are no longer talking about the turkish model. it used to be for us five, ten years for people who are studying and commenting democratization in the arab world and the muslim world everybody was talking about the turkish model. now i think we are going to have the egyptian model in which you have a revolution where a change into civil rule without waiting for decades until the military is no longer. until you have really a party or a candidate that is elected by the people themselves. and that is a very important affected so
after all they have decided to elect mohammed morsi as the president. the united states needs now to be good to its work and also recognizing the history of the united states's involvement with mubarak's egypt needs to take a step back a little bit here and recognize that washington is profoundly unpopular and that it could do more harm than good by speaking out as forcefully as some suggest. >> what will be the reaction with the rest of the arab world and turkey and iran. >> well...
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pete: tell us a little bit about the calculations for morsi. as i understand it, the people on the street in egypt are not necessarily urging him to look for peace. they sort of like the idea of turning up the heat on israel. so what's the line he's walking? >> it is a difficult and dangerous line for him. you're right. the people that traditionally have been his base of support are very much on the side of the palestinians in this case. very much outraged at what they saw as israel's heavy handed response. to the rocket attacks. and yet he chose to put that aside. which is one thing that president obama i think likes about him. president obama sees in president morsi a man who has been an engineer, precise, no guff, no nonsense and not as ideological as a lot of people would have thought a muslim brotherhood president would be. pete: and a new relationship between president obama and prime minister netanyahu? >> well, that's really good question, isn't it? their relationship is complicated on multiple levels. there's this continuing conflict w
pete: tell us a little bit about the calculations for morsi. as i understand it, the people on the street in egypt are not necessarily urging him to look for peace. they sort of like the idea of turning up the heat on israel. so what's the line he's walking? >> it is a difficult and dangerous line for him. you're right. the people that traditionally have been his base of support are very much on the side of the palestinians in this case. very much outraged at what they saw as israel's...
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>> if we go back to the election of president morsi. he was elected by a theiro margin of 00,000 votes. roughly 1.3% of the vote that was in the last presidential elections. i think, as president obama said, elections do not mean democracy. democracy ultimately rests on it will of the governed and i think as we've seen over the last few days, the current government has lost it will and consent of the government. >> thank you very much for joining us. >> thank you. >> in other news, the diplomatic row over the whereabouts of edward snowden has taken another twist in bolivia, leftest supporters rallied in a show of support for president evo morales. evidence was that mr. guroden was -- snowden was on the plane earlier in week when it was denied european access. to be his predecessors declared saints by pope francis. the vatican recently credited john paul ii with the performance of a miracle, a development that clears his path to sainthood. the syrian rebel fighter who provoked outrage and horror when pictures emerged of him eating body p
>> if we go back to the election of president morsi. he was elected by a theiro margin of 00,000 votes. roughly 1.3% of the vote that was in the last presidential elections. i think, as president obama said, elections do not mean democracy. democracy ultimately rests on it will of the governed and i think as we've seen over the last few days, the current government has lost it will and consent of the government. >> thank you very much for joining us. >> thank you. >> in...
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this is the aftermath since morsi was ousted. the confrontation here shows no sign of winning and the violence only gets worse. >> apologies if there was a break in transmission where you are. we are very sorry about that. i to our correspondent in a very noisy cairo a short time ago. bloodshed is only just getting worse. is there a way out of this? >> the only way out of this is a political solution, somehow including islamists like the muslim brotherhood, whose supporters you can see all around me and at every event like this. they are still operating with the authorities. this is the biggest islamic institution. they are saying there is an opposing to greed and what has happened. really, the islamists feel left , and they arel questioning what revenge they might take? the muslim brotherhood has called for an uprising against the army. what might be a solution to this crisis -- >> and older egyptians who are talking to you -- what are their fears at this point? >> the army came in and said when the new interim president stepped
this is the aftermath since morsi was ousted. the confrontation here shows no sign of winning and the violence only gets worse. >> apologies if there was a break in transmission where you are. we are very sorry about that. i to our correspondent in a very noisy cairo a short time ago. bloodshed is only just getting worse. is there a way out of this? >> the only way out of this is a political solution, somehow including islamists like the muslim brotherhood, whose supporters you can...
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these president morsi supporters run for ever. it is just after dawn and it is the egyptian army shooting at them. they say they were unarmed and in the middle of prayers. but authorities say gunmen and that -- gunmen in the crowd provoked them. scores were killed, nearly all of them protesters. hundreds work rushed to the nearby hospital. this is the aftermath later this morning. bullet holes and shell casings. i got hit in the "ack of my head -- since morsi was ousted. the confrontation here shows no sign of winning and the violence only gets worse. >> apologies if there was a break in transmission where you are. we are very sorry about that. i to our correspondent in a very noisy cairo a short time ago. bloodshed is only just getting worse. is there a way out of this? >> the only way out of this is a political solution, somehow including islamists like the muslim brotherhood, whose supporters you can see all around me and at every event like this. they are still operating with the authorities. this is the biggest islamic instit
these president morsi supporters run for ever. it is just after dawn and it is the egyptian army shooting at them. they say they were unarmed and in the middle of prayers. but authorities say gunmen and that -- gunmen in the crowd provoked them. scores were killed, nearly all of them protesters. hundreds work rushed to the nearby hospital. this is the aftermath later this morning. bullet holes and shell casings. i got hit in the "ack of my head -- since morsi was ousted. the confrontation...
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morsi, morsi, they chanted. reporters also gathered in the coastal city of alexandria this evening, just days before a referendum on a draft constitution. it would affirm many tenets of sharia as the law of the land. >> i support the president. i think that opponents of the president claim that egypt would turn into an islamic state. but the reality is if they do not want a constitution that contains islamic law and they fear the growth of the islamic political current. >> suarez: back in cairo, morsi's opponents gathered again, separated from the president's muslim brotherhood backers by barricades. >> all these barricades you see here will not stop a million revolutionaries. they will eat these stones, not demolish them. they will eat them. >> suarez: violence between the two sides last week killed seven and wounded hundreds. and before dawn today, masked gunman sprayed birth shot at protestors in tahrir square miles from the presidential palace. nine people were hurt. amid the action in the streets, some in t
morsi, morsi, they chanted. reporters also gathered in the coastal city of alexandria this evening, just days before a referendum on a draft constitution. it would affirm many tenets of sharia as the law of the land. >> i support the president. i think that opponents of the president claim that egypt would turn into an islamic state. but the reality is if they do not want a constitution that contains islamic law and they fear the growth of the islamic political current. >> suarez:...
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with morsi, he's been criticized for allowing him to accumulate for power. how critical is it for him and how he handles this situation? >> since morsi was ousted, you haven't seen president obama say one world in public this week. he had different events this week but he's not said one word in public about this he realizes, i think, he did get in trouble for seeming to be on morsi's side, for not doing enough to rein him in and he thinks now anything he does can only make the situation worse. it cannot look like the united states is dictating egypt. gwen: is egypt stale linchpin in the middle east in many respects? i noticed today the president called the leader of saudi arabia. how important is it that that relationship be worked out? >> it really is dynamic. egypt, as you say, it's been the main partner in the united states in the region, largely because of its peace agreement with israel forged in the carter administration but over the years they seem less and before their al own borders. you see non-arab aboutors like the iranians and turks also playing
with morsi, he's been criticized for allowing him to accumulate for power. how critical is it for him and how he handles this situation? >> since morsi was ousted, you haven't seen president obama say one world in public this week. he had different events this week but he's not said one word in public about this he realizes, i think, he did get in trouble for seeming to be on morsi's side, for not doing enough to rein him in and he thinks now anything he does can only make the situation...
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this is an opposition activist jailed for insulting president morsi. his father is a loyal supporter as you can get for the president. he says his son went too far. >> the agreement between us and the theological views is partly because he is so outspoken. his words go beyond the limit of our tradition and are not acceptable. >> his fellow opposition activists are gathering to plan protest to mark mohamed morsi's first year in charge. .mong them is his wife with her husband in jail, she has taken up his cause against the muslim brotherhood. they are trying to polarize people, she says, and egyptians know it. within the family, we have to avoid talking politics are watching the news together to stop any controversial discussions. the split in the family are reflected across the society and are turning to violence. this was egypt's second city, alexandria. the muslim brotherhood offices were attacked. two people died am including an american looking on. it is no wonder that egyptians are feel full about what the -- are fearful about what the coming days
this is an opposition activist jailed for insulting president morsi. his father is a loyal supporter as you can get for the president. he says his son went too far. >> the agreement between us and the theological views is partly because he is so outspoken. his words go beyond the limit of our tradition and are not acceptable. >> his fellow opposition activists are gathering to plan protest to mark mohamed morsi's first year in charge. .mong them is his wife with her husband in jail,...
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>> morsi had won. the results that the brotherhood put forward a week ago, only six hours after the polls closed were very similar to the final results announced. there were probably a great deal of negotiations taking place. egypt is a place without real working, legitimate institutions. so informal politics takes place in tahrir square as a form of pressure against the military council to keep them honest. and they held out to probably try to get some concessions or put pressure on the brotherhood candidate. >> brown: the military you mean. that's right. brown: hisham before we look at all the problems -- and there are plenty -- it's still a stunning moment, isn't it? a guy from the muslim brotherhood which was outlawed. >> absolutely. this is the first civilian president in the history of the egyptian republic. for the last 60 years egypt was ruled by four military officers, the last one was mubarak really ended by marginalizing egypt as a regional power andy mask lating egyptians institutions. he h
>> morsi had won. the results that the brotherhood put forward a week ago, only six hours after the polls closed were very similar to the final results announced. there were probably a great deal of negotiations taking place. egypt is a place without real working, legitimate institutions. so informal politics takes place in tahrir square as a form of pressure against the military council to keep them honest. and they held out to probably try to get some concessions or put pressure on the...